He didn’t listen to his military advisors. He crafted his own strategy based on what? His great foreign policy and military experience? Further evidence that he believes he is intellectually superior to those around him; playing to his narcissistic tendencies. I will give him credit for rejecting Vice President Joe Biden’s advice though. He also avoided talk of victory when outlining objectives – that reassures me. He rejected the military’s request for troops as “part of an expansive mission that had no foreseeable end.” (That’s likely because military commanders go by the situation on the ground, not timelines). Luxenberg writes about Obama’s attitude regarding terrorist threats.

During an interview with Woodward in July, the president said, "We can absorb a terrorist attack. We’ll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger."

I could absorb a fall from my roof, but knowing that doesn’t give me any solace when I’m up on it. The whole point of taking the fight to our enemies is that we don’t have to. Under President Bush, post 9/11 and Anthrax attacks, we had seven years without any terrorist attack as they implemented their strategy, we don’t know how many terrorist attacks were prevented in that time. Under the Obama administration we have the Times Square Bomber and the Christmas “Underwear” bomber. Both of those attacks were stopped because of ineptness of the terrorists, not anything the Federal government did.

I had little confidence that President Obama’s administration could keep our homeland safe, and today I have even less.

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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Very disappointng that our president would talk about “absorbing” an attack as if our position in such a situation would be to do nothing but endure.
Mr. Obama has proven in his almost two years in office that apologizing to the rest of the world for being the most powerful country in the world doesn’t work. It only proves to our friends that we cannot be trusted to be a friend, and to our enemies that we are willing to allow them free rein in the world.
Our enemies recognize only power; they deem apologies as weakness; offers of peace talks as surrender. They see in our president a man who has no idea that his attitude only strengthens their recruiting efforts and their obsesssion with domination. President Obama unfortunately misunderstands every world culture–including our own.

Very disappointng that our president would talk about “absorbing” an attack as if our position in such a situation would be to do nothing but endure.
Mr. Obama has proven in his almost two years in office that apologizing to the rest of the world for being the most powerful country in the world doesn’t work. It only proves to our friends that we cannot be trusted to be a friend, and to our enemies that we are willing to allow them free rein in the world.
Our enemies recognize only power; they deem apologies as weakness; offers of peace talks as surrender. They see in our president a man who has no idea that his attitude only strengthens their recruiting efforts and their obsesssion with domination. President Obama unfortunately misunderstands every world culture–including our own.